Fans who planned to watch the professional Big3 basketball league play in Nashville on Sunday will need to make other plans.

In April, Bridgestone Arena was listed as a venue when the league, founded by hip hop mogul Ice Cube, announced a 10-city tour across the United States.

Nashville was one of five cities — along with Seattle, Lexington, Las Vegas and Tulsa — among the 10 without a professional basketball team. The Big3 would have given basketball fans an opportunity to see former NBA players Allen Iverson, Stephen Jackson, Chauncey Billups and more.

“When we created the Big3, we set out to bring elite basketball talent and highly competitive 3-on-3 action to fans across the country,” Big3 President and Commissioner Roger Mason Jr. said in a press release on the league's website back in April. “We couldn’t be more excited to deliver on that promise, and unveil our 2017 season schedule including cities that are home to some of the sport’s most diehard fans.”

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However, the Nashville date and location changed. The Big3 is now scheduled to play at UIC Pavilion in Chicago. David Kells, Bridgestone Arena's vice president of booking, learned about the venue change shortly after the press release went live.

"Nashville was part of the initial announcement, but tickets never went on sale," Kells said Tuesday afternoon. "We were later informed they (Big3) decided to play in a different market."

A Big3 spokesperson said the Nashville date was never confirmed and should not have been included in the league's initial press release.

Some fans took to Twitter to express their confusion.

@thebig3 why was the event for Nashville on July 23rd pulled? I tried to look up tickets, and it says it's in Chicago...